Special Subject: History of Capitalism

W 2-5, 5-231

This discussion-based seminar offers an introduction to the history of capitalism and a broad overview of debates concerning its impacts on social life, with a particular focus on the modern American experience. The United States occupies a central position in today’s capitalist global system and has played a key role in shaping both the development of capitalism and critical responses to its advance. Drawing on primary historical documents and secondary literature from multiple disciplines, the course examines capitalism’s relationships to race, class, and gender, as well as the impacts of business and government, nature and environment, and finance and technology on economic transformation in the United States and beyond.

Please contact ? Contact Profs. Caley Horan (cdhoran@mit.edu) and Jason Jackson (jbrj@mit.edu) for details.

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Offered Spring 2023

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.102	American History since 1865 TR 2:30-4, 56-162	Caley Horan	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.106 24.912 21L.008 21W.741 CMS.150 WGS.190	Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies T 2-5, E15-335	Michel DeGraff Fox Harrell Danielle Wood	Introductory	HASS-H HASS-A	CI-H
21H.134 14.70	Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective T EVE 7-10, 16-160	Anne E. C. McCants	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.143 21G.056	The “Making” of Modern Europe: 1789 – Present TR 10:30-12, 14N-112	Alexandra Steinlight	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.170 17.55 21A.130 21G.084	Introduction to Latin American Studies MW 11-12:30, 1-375	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.187	US Environmental Governance: from National Parks to the Green New Deal TR 11-12:30, 56-169	Megan A. Black	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.245 21G.086 17.57	Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present TR 1-2:30, 66-154	Elizabeth A. Wood	Intermediate	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.263 WGS.220	Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa F 10-1, 2-103	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.283	The Indigenous History of MIT Lecture: M 12-2, 2-103 Recitation: W 12-1, 2-103	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.358 U 21H.958 G	Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance T 10-12, E51-390	Sana Aiyar	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
21H.S02	Special Subject: Urban History in Africa F 10-1, E51-285	Kenda Mutongi		HASS-H
21H.S05	Special Subject: Encoding Culture MW 2:30-4, 1-277	Ryaan Ahmed		HASS-H

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.001	How to Stage a Revolution	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.009	World History and Its Fault Lines Since 1800	Sana Aiyar Hiromu Nagahara	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.101	American History to 1865	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.107 21G.043	Introduction to Asian American Studies: Historical and Contemporary Issues Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.141	Renaissance to Revolution: Europe, 1300-1800 offered infrequently; consult department	Staff	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.144 21G.087	Introduction to Russian Studies TR 2:30-4, 14N-221	Maria Khotimsky	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.145 21G.049 4.674	French Photography	Catherine Clark	Introductory	HASS-A	CI-H
21H.156 21G.045	Global Chinese Food: A Historical Overview Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.157	Modern South Asia	Sana Aiyar	Introductory	HASS-S
21H.165	A Survey of Modern African History MW 11-12:30, 4-144	Kenda Mutongi	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.172 21G.078	Latin America Through Film Not offered regularly; consult department	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.173	Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez MW 2:30-4, 66-154	Tanalís Padilla	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.181 17.035	Libertarianism in History MW 10-11:30, E51-385	Malick W. Ghachem	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.201	The American Revolution Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Intermediate
21H.205 STS.427	The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America: 1861-1890 M EVE 7-10, E51-361	Merritt Roe Smith	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.211	The United States in the Nuclear Age Not offered regularly; consult department	Caley Horan	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.213 17.28	The War at Home: American Politics and Society in Wartime M 2-5, 56-191	Christopher Capozzola Adam Berinsky	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.214	War and American Society Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.217 11.013	American Urban History T 2-4, 9-217	Ezra Glenn	Seminar	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.220 11.150	Metropolis: A Comparative History of New York City Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.226 11.015	Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History	Private: Andrew Pope	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.228	American Classics Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.229	The Black Radical Tradition in America Not offered regularly; consult department	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.241 21G.054	France: Enlightenment and Revolution TR 2-3:30, 4-253	Jeffrey S. Ravel	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.242 21G.322	Frenchness in and Era of Globalization Not offered regularly; consult department	Catherine Clark	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.253 21G.075	The Global Chinese: Chinese Migration, 1567- Present Not offered regularly; consult department	Emma Teng	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.260	Cities in the Middle East: History, Politics and Society	Staff	Intermediate	HASS-S
21H.262	Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Not offered regularly; consult department	Pouya Alimagham	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.266	South Africa and Apartheid	Kenda Mutongi	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.281	MIT and Slavery: Research	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.282	MIT and Slavery: Publication Lecture: M 3-5, 14N-112 Recitation: W 3-4, 14N-112	Craig Steven Wilder	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.285 STS.025	Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective	Merritt Roe Smith	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.290	Economic Classics: The History of Economic Ideas from Ancient Times to the Present W 2-5, 56-191	Ian Kumekawa	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.315	American Consumer Culture Not offered regularly; consult department	Caley Horan	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.319	Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law	Malick W. Ghachem	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.320	Gender and the Law in US History Not offered regularly; consult department	Christopher Capozzola	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.322	Christianity in America	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.350	Business in China Since 1800 Not offered regularly; consult department	Staff	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.352 21G.042	Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game TR 1-2:30, 14E-310	Emma Teng	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.381 WGS.222	Women and War F 10-1, 2-103	Lerna Ekmekcioglu	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.382	Capitalism in the Age of Revolution R 2-5, E51-285	Malick W. Ghachem	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.383 U 21H.982 G	Technology and the Global Economy R 9-12, E51-285	Anne E. C. McCants	Graduate Seminar	HASS-S
21H.385 11.152	The Ghetto: From Venice to Harlem MW 3:30-5, 4-261	Craig Steven Wilder	Seminar	HASS-S
21H.388 U 21H.988 G	Global Commodities, American Dreams W 2-5, E51-390	Megan A. Black	Graduate Seminar	HASS-H
21H.984 STS.414	Risk, Fortune, and Futurity W 10-1, E51-393	Caley Horan Will Deringer	Graduate